Bello Kofarmata
Personal information
Full name Bello Musa Kofarmata[1]
Date of birth (1988-05-12)12 May 1988
Place of birth Kano, Kano State, Nigeria
Date of death 2 November 2022(2022-11-02) (aged 34)
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
–2007 Buffalo F.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Kano Pillars
2010–2012 Heartland F.C.
2012–2015 Kano Pillars
2016 Ifeanyi Ubah
2017–2019 El-Kanemi Warriors
International career
2007 Nigeria U20 4 (0)
2010 Nigeria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bello Musa Kofarmata (12 May 1988 – 2 November 2022) was a Nigerian footballer who played as a forward for Kano Pillars, Heartland F.C., Ifeanyi Ubah and El-Kanemi Warriors.

Club career

With the team, with Kano Pillars he won the 2007–08 Nigerian Premier League and was with 11 goals the top scorer.[2] In August 2008 he was on a trial at Austria's LASK and played one friendly game, the forward returned from Europe to Kano Pillars at the start of the 2008 season.[3]

Kofarmata joined Heartland in January 2010 for a fee of five million naira.[4] After two and half years he left Heartland F.C. and signed with league rivals Kano Pillars.[5]

International career

Kofarmata was a fringe player of the Nigeria U20 national team's squad at the 2007 FIFA U20 World Cup. He made his debut for the Nigeria senior national team on 3 March 2010, coming on as a substitute in a 5–2 home win over Congo DR.[6]

Death

Kofarmata died following a short illness on 2 November 2022, at the age of 34.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Bello Musa Kofarmata at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ Kofarmata leads Pillars’ revival Archived 13 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Bayelsa derby is pick of NPL fixtures
  4. ↑ "triumphnewspapers.com". www.triumphnewspapers.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Pillars Sign 10 New Players Ahead 2013 League Season". Nigerian Pilot. 18 November 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  6. ↑ Homeboy Kofarmata thinks big Archived 13 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Shittu, Ibitoye (2 November 2022). "Bello Musa Kofarmata: Former Super Eagles and Kano Pillars Striker Dies Aged 34". Sports Brief. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
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